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Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, opened up on funding of police and other security agencies.

Speaking at the Multi Stakeholders Summit of the NGF Peace and Inclusive Security Initiative , in Partnership with Centre for Democracy and Development in Abuja, Fayemi disclosed that the security votes collected by governors are spent to fund operations of the police, military and related agencies.

Fayemi said further: “We buy them vehicles. We pay them allowances. In some cases, we even buy ammunition. If you engage the military, in a civil authority, you pay for the rations of the men that are engaged in that activity.

 

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